Anton Wilhelm Möller

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Anton Wilhelm Peter Möller (born August 25, 1762 in Lippstadt , † May 10, 1846 in Münster ) was a German Protestant clergyman.

Life

Anton Wilhelm Möller was the son of Johann Anton Arnold Möller (1732–1806), Mayor of Lippstadt, and his wife Maria Catharina, daughter of Johann Dietrich Nottebohm (1685–1758), Hofmedicus in Mainz and Senator in Lippstadt. His grandfather was the entrepreneur Johann Theodor Möller . His sister daughter Eleonore (1763-1844) married the theologian Friedrich Adolf Krummacher .

He attended grammar school in Lippstadt, studied theology at the University of Duisburg from 1780 and became vicar in Dresden in 1784 . On May 5, 1785 he returned to Lippstadt and took up his ministry. He received his doctorate on April 23, 1788 as Dr. theol. and got a job as professor of theology at the University of Duisburg. He opened his teaching post with the speech Oratio inauguralis de conjungenda Philosophia cum Theologia . Some of his students were Oberkonsistorialrat Friedrich Ehrenberg , Bishop Wilhelm Ross , General Superintendent Franz Friedrich Graeber and General Superintendent Johann Abraham Küpper . During his time in Duisburg he was also friends with the philosopher Friedrich Plessing (1749-1806), who is mentioned by Goethe in his works Harzreise im Winter and Campaign in France .

In 1804, after the death of Ludwig Friedrich August von Cölln (1753-1804), he received an offer from Princess Pauline von Lippe to become general superintendent in Detmold , which he refused. In 1805 he founded the Protestant congregation in Münster, which consisted mainly of immigrant Prussian officials, after services of the "garrison and first Protestant church" had been held for the Prussian military personnel beforehand; in addition there was his election to the consistorial council of the consistory.

Shortly before the French rule, when Münster belonged to the Hanseatic Department and was part of the French Empire , he became a member of the Neumark government in Königsberg in the Neumark in 1810 and professor at the University of Breslau in 1811 , when he was appointed government councilor in 1812.

When Münster had belonged to the Kingdom of Prussia since 1815 and became the provincial capital of the newly founded province of Westphalia , he returned as consistorial councilor and preacher. In 1835 he was appointed senior consistorial councilor.

In 1819 he received a call to the University of Bonn ; However, he declined the offer, so that his friend Johann Christian Wilhelm Augusti received the professorship.

Anton Wilhelm Möller was married to Friederika Eleonora Elisabeth Katharina (Friederike) (1770–1824), daughter of the cloth manufacturer Johann Albert Wilhelm Scheidt (1734–1787); of his children are known by name:

The funeral address was given by the consistorial councilor and pastor of the evangelical community in Münster, Jakob Hermann Daub .

Writing

Between 1790 and 1803 Anton Wilhelm Möller participated four times in the award tasks of the Societas Hagana pro vindicanda religione christiana , which was founded in 1785 by a group of Dutch Protestant clergy to protect the church against attacks at the time. The society encouraged competition tasks in the areas of religious studies, Christian theology and church life and the works could be submitted in Dutch, Latin, German or French, and the winning works were published. His works, written in Latin and translated into Dutch, were all awarded the great golden honorary award and were printed.

With his pulpit speech about the purpose of Christianity to unite people through the most beautiful and noble bond of hearts , he took up his ministry in 1805 and had it printed repeatedly. He later published many of his sermons and wrote theological writings.

Honors

In 1831 Anton Wilhelm Möller received the Order of the Red Eagle III from the Prussian King, Friedrich Wilhelm IV . Class, in 1835 the red ribbon for this medal and finally in 1845 the Red Eagle medal, 2nd class with oak leaves.

Fonts (selection)

  • Funeral speech on the death of Frederick II, King of Prussia. Lippstadt 1785.
  • Proposals for catechizing based on the needs of our time. Duisburg 1787.
  • To promote the usability of the ministry and theological studies. Duisburg 1793.
  • About the life, character, merits and last hours of Johann Gottlob Leidenfrost, a word in memory of the immortal man. Helwing, Duisburg 1795.
  • Beandwoording der prijsvraege: withered were de Eigenlijke oorzaeken, kenmerken en followed van het ongeloof der Jooden, omtrend den persoon, de leer en de wonderwerken van onzen Zaligmaeker? What de handelwijze van Jesus en de Apostelen, omtrend het ongeloof en de ongeloovigen van hunnen tijd? In hoe verre can the handelwijze serve ons thands ten voorbeelde? Allart, Amsterdam 1798.
  • Waving to budding religion teachers about the importance of their destiny in our day. Helwing, Duisburg 1800.
  • Memorandum in honor of the name and the services of Mr. Johann Peter Berg at the Royal Prussian University of Duisburg on the Rhine. Benthon and Krämer, Duisburg 1801.
  • About the aim of Christianity to unite people through the most beautiful and noble bond of hearts . 1805.
  • Righteousness exalts a people in their first sermon given to the Christian community at Königberg in Neumark on September 23, 1810 . Dieterici, Berlin 1810.
  • Johann Gottfried Christian Nonne, by now Doctor of Philosophy and Director of the grammar schools in Lippstadt and Duisburg am Rhein, in his life and works. Schulz and Wundermann, Hamm / Münster 1822.
  • Ferdinand Gessert, Anton Wilhelm Möller: The holy land or Palestine until the time of Christ. Coppenrath, Münster 1823.
  • The Lord's Table: A Devotional Book for Communionists . Schmerber, Frankfurt am Main 1840.
  • Catechism of the divorce teachings of the Protestant and Roman Catholic Church: for the instruction of young people according to Dr. Luther's main pieces arranged and written . Müller, Berlin 1845.

Literature (selection)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Möller / Scheidt. Retrieved June 12, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Möller, Anton Wilhelm
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Möller, Antonius W .; Möller, Anton Wilhelm Peter; Möller, Wilhelm; Möller, Antonius Wilhelmus Petrus; Moeller, Anton Wilhelm Peter; Möller, Anton W .; Moeller, Antonius Guilelmus Petrus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Protestant clergyman
DATE OF BIRTH August 25, 1762
PLACE OF BIRTH Lippstadt
DATE OF DEATH May 10, 1846
Place of death Muenster